The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-21
THE DIrHieULIIEs OF sOIEN.
TYPO MEN.

from tno bhfr0W 70 tn6 Innm9d, from
the humble Irish roof under which he
was born to the p ,latial room in which
the Distinguished company WAS as
sembled. Here indeed was an ordi.
nary impossible guilt bridsed and the
highest conditions OF social rank and
life In the British monsrchy msds
tributary 10 great scientific sttsir.
ment. Mr.. Tyndal himself said that
In all his experience no equal mum.
Der oil intellectual men had ever been
assembled as did him honor that
night. He spoke, by the way, Of his
dead friend Michael FArad,y, and his
living irisrd Huxley. who with him.
self covets retirement and rest, and he
paid tributes TO them both, bat esps-
cially to FAradsy, to whom the
world is so much indebted
for fsrresching and immense.
ly valuable discoveries In science, by
which civilization has been greatly &C.
celebrated and advanced. Faraday's
life wa, remarkable succ ass and his
career q most instructive one. Il Is
full Of encouragement, especially for
scientific men on the threshold Of
their careers, and II brought sfresh 10
the attention OF Pasteur would no
doubt strengthen him for the opposI.
ton he has had from eminent physi.
clans Of visnns, and one, at least, Of
New York. At . meeting Of the fac.
ulty Of Vienna DR.. Won Fisch rsstalsd
his obi sotIons to PAs,eur's theory a.
the result Of ts,ts on rabbits aud dog,
With tbs prophylsctic inoculstlons
without any previous Injection, and he
ioria ID his opposition BY the asssr-
hoa that the Berlin school hal not
been converted, and that nothing had
been said sbou. Il 10 Germany since
the appearance Of the memoir by
Koch. 0ahky and L,efil,r. Who had
sdiudgsd the practice 10 be devoid Of
real value. This Pastsur nests with
the propositions that ~ In dogs, In
ooulasioa on the surface Of the brain
always oauses death BY rsbiss-a point
In which oil the vorla 10 agreed; (2)
that the preventive incubation IL pos
dole even alter incubation on the
cerebral surface. II. he adds, succ sss
70 met with In the preventive
NEGOTIATIONS under these circum.
stances ths result Ia certainly positive.
But better than assertion or contro-
vemy. he points TO the statistics OF his
cases. Between 0,'ober, 1885, and
December. 1885. he inoculstsd 2es2
psrsons. including l27 from the oouu.
try, and the death, Of this whole mum.
Der ware o1ly 81, including seven bit.
ten by wolves In shom the symptoms
OF hydroph obis appeared while they
were under treatmen. Between the
end Of December. 1885, and March,
Of this year, Pastsur, inoculated
$50 persons bitten by animals
proved 20 have been rsbid; Of
these only two have died. and one
OF them, bitten by q volt . month
before incubation. dying alter only
three days treatment. This ought TO
be sufaoleat TO satisfy any reasonable
person, AID II was sufficlen. for the
British Commission, which, after an
Investigation extending over several
months and tosts BY every possible
method Of eKpsriment, reported favor
ably and Endorsed the patient scientist
heartily, asserting that persons bitten
by rabld dogs eau with certainty be
protected from bydrophobls II they
are subj 70, 10 treatment within fifteen
or twsnty days or before the period Of
incubation has elapsed. They sab.
ecled the statistics OF Pasieur
to osr,fil examination. and the con-
clusisn from the analysis Was en-.
tirely In favor Of Psstsur's method.
The conclusion forced upon them by
all this. was that the method he,
saved . considerable number Of lives
and that II is 81 present, and probably
viii be f,r long, the only mode Of saw
Ing from death those who have beer
bitten ny rsbid dog. There 10 much
oil compensation In this report, &C
clear, 90 candid and 10 Just, bat the
Stag and sunoysucs OF adverse and
unjust opinion remains TO oppose and
retsrd q GOOD man. whose benehcsn
operations we're undertaken Tor Oh,
good, baneal and safety Of the human
race. Add so Il ever has bsen. Tn,
more general good, the greater IN,
force OF objection TO the adoption snt
application Of scienhas discovery
Poiudice eonironts II with lie ,ps
ssii; isaoance raises its barrier, o.
the Church pronounoes iu menace
and these s,mstimes stand for years
long afer the general adoption OF th'
bsneh ience and the testimony Of bene
h'ed thousands declares for the ma
ligned aud prosecuted scientist. TIL,
path OF tbs scientist is no, one Of fiow
ee; Il Ia no, one OF ease or comfort
aid elmstim q, ss In this case, II maj
DO said that his owa knew him cot
sTR,or JUSTICE nUsr NIX HAD